Outcome measures; time to surgery, anaesthesia type, implant type, surgery time and length of stay
| Conventional care | Fast-track care | p Value | ||
| Time to surgery (hours) | Mean (SD) | 31.2 (25.1) | 25.2 (21.2) | <0.001 |
| Median (range) | 25 (0–289) | 21 (1–236) | ||
| Anaesthesia (category) | Spinal | 759 (96.3%) | 773 (96.1 %) | 0.225 |
| General | 22 (2.8 %) | 24 (3.0 %) | ||
| Other/missing | 0 (0%)/7 (0.9 %) | 3 (0.4 %)/4 (0.5 %) | ||
| Implant (category) | Total Hip Arthroplasty | 33 (4.2%) | 36 (4.5%) | 0.806 |
| Hemiprosthesis | 284 (36.0%) | 330 (41%) | 0.045 | |
| Girdlestone | 4 (0.5%) | 4 (0.5%) | 1.000 | |
| Intramedullary nail | 32 (4.1%) | 34 (4.2%) | 0.900 | |
| Sliding hip screw | 272 (34.5%) | 288 (35.8%) | 0.600 | |
| Hip screws | 163 (20.7%) | 112 (13.9%) | <0.001 | |
| Surgery time (min) | Mean (SD) | 67.0 (38.1) | 71.1 (36.3) | 0.014 |
| Median (range) | 65 (6–260) | 69 (8–297) | ||
| Length of stay (days) | Mean (SD) | 9.5 (8.2) | 6.1 (5.5) | <0.001 |
| Median (range) | 8 (1–120) | 5 (0–50) |